tale

tale
teil
noun
1) (a story: He told me the tale of his travels.) fortelling, historie
2) (an untrue story; a lie: He told me he had a lot of money, but that was just a tale.) skrøne; løgn
historie
subst. \/teɪl\/
1) beretning, historie, saga, fortelling
2) løgn(historie)
• it's just a tale
3) sladderhistorie, ondsinnet prat
4) (gammeldags, \/poetisk) antall, sum
• the tale of dead and wounded was 60
5) (gammeldags) regning, opptelling
• he couldn't keep the tale of them
han klarte ikke å holde regning på dem
know how to tell the tale vite hvordan man skal få sagt det
old wives' tales kjerringprat, kjerringsnakk, ammestuehistorier, overtro
tell a tale fortelle en historie si en hel del
tell a different tale fortelle noe annet (overført) peke i en annen retning
tell its own tale tale for seg selv
tell tales (out of school) fare med løgn og fanteri, sladre, fare med sladder
tell the tale (hverdagslig) komme med en fantastisk\/rørende historie
• sadly, he wasn't alive to tell the tale
dessverre overlevde han ikke slik at han kunne fortelle om det
thereby hangs a tale det er en (spesiell) historie knyttet til det

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  • talé — talé …   Dictionnaire des rimes

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  • tale — W3 [teıl] n [: Old English; Origin: talu] 1.) a story about exciting imaginary events tale of ▪ tales of adventure ▪ a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories) ▪ a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen ▪ a caution …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Tale — may refer to:*Cautionary tale, a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger *Fairy tale, a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking… …   Wikipedia

  • tale — [ teıl ] noun count ** 1. ) a story about imaginary events or people: tale of: tales of bravery and romance 2. ) a spoken account of someone s experiences, especially when they are made to seem more exciting or unpleasant than they really were:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • talé — talé, ée [ tale ] adj. • taulé « broyé » v. 1330; repris 1860; de taler ♦ Meurtri, taché, en parlant des fruits. Pêches talées. ⊗ HOM. Taller. ● talé Participe passé de taler. talé, ée [tale] adj. ÉTYM. V. 1330, taulé « …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • tale — [n1] story account, anecdote, fable, fairy tale, fiction, folk tale, legend, myth, narration, narrative, novel, relation, report, romance, saga, short story, yarn; concept 282 tale [n2] made up story canard, chestnut*, clothesline*, cock and bull …   New thesaurus

  • Tale — (Балтэзерс,Латвия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Senču prospekts 45, Балтэзерс, LV 2164, Латвия …   Каталог отелей

  • tale — (n.) O.E. talu story, tale, the action of telling, from P.Gmc. *talo (Cf. Du. taal speech, language ), from PIE root *del to recount, count. The secondary English sense of number, numerical reckoning (c.1200) probably was the primary one in… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Tale — Tale, n. See {Tael}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tale — Tale, v. i. To tell stories. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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